The heroine of the novel, Miss Catherine O'Malley, is famous for her sharp tongue and independent judgment. She is convinced that she is cursed to bring misfortune to everyone she loves. Therefore, she decides to give up marriage forever. The brave Royal Archer, Major Daniel Ross, managed to convince Catherine that she was mistaken. Catherine Fairchild O'Malley, whose father died at the hands of the French, sincerely admired the military heroes who fought against Napoleon. But the royal rifleman, Major Daniel Ross, was known to her mainly not for his exploits on the battlefield, but for the conquest of numerous women’s hearts, and their ruthless crushing, and the girl could not approve of this. Brave Catherine is forced to reconsider her unflattering opinion of the Major when she is sent to France on a secret mission and is partnered with the sarcastic and impudent Ross. Under the guise of a cynic and a rake, Kate discovered a brave gentleman and a reliable comrade in arms, and was forced to admit that she was mistaken about Daniel. Ross cared little about his reputation in the eyes of the obstinate vixen, and the girl’s causticity and disobedience did not prevent him from falling madly in love with her. Only one delusion of the lovely Miss O'Malley bothered Daniel. Having lost all her relatives, Catherine believed that she was bringing misfortune and death to everyone she loved, and therefore decided never to connect her fate with anyone, which did not suit the fearless secret agent of British intelligence at all.